ABSTRACT
As some peoples believe a man’s soul to be in his shadow so other peoples believe it to be in his reflection in water or a mirror.
(Frazer 1911:92)
Pictures in analytical art psychotherapy are sometimes considered to be reflections of the inner world. Moreover it is suggested that they are mirrors. This is not strictly accurate. There are similarities between reflections in mirrors and pictures but they are also very different. Pictures are, in fact, neither mirror images of the outer world nor reflections of the inner world, rather they are themselves formative.
